Reba bit her lip, a hint of panic shing in her eyes.


    If Vrie didn’t raise the bid again, she wouldn’t have the money to pay. Yet, judging by Vrie’s earlier behavior, it was clear that she was doing this on purpose and wouldn’t bid any higher.


    “20,000,000 dors, going twice!” the auctioneer called again.


    No one else raised their paddles.


    The jewelry set was made of ordinary emeralds–though it had a nice design, it held no real collectible value. Only a fool would pay 20,000,000 dors for it, let alone raise the bid further.


    Ondo gritted his teeth. “Didn’t you say Vrie would raise the bid again?”


    Facing Ondo’s angry gaze, Reba bit her lip, her eyes welling with tears. “Mr. Nuttall, I’m sorry. I was wrong…


    “I only agreed to give you 15,000,000 dors<i>, </i>no more. Figure out the remaining 5,000,000 dors yourself! “Ondo snapped.


    He wasn’t stupid. He could tell Reba had been deliberately trying to outbid Vrie earlier.


    At that moment, he regretted giving Reba a 15,000,000–dor budget. Normally, that amount could have won three or four pieces of jewelry. He couldn’t believe she had been foolish enough to be outmaneuvered by Vrie.


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    Upon seeing Ondo’s darkening expression, fear flickered in Reba’s eyes, and she dared not speak again.


    As the auctioneer called out, “20,000,000 dors, sold!” the crowd began to whisper andugh at Ondo.


    Some even openly mocked him.


    “Mr. Nuttall, you’ve got quite thepanion there. She just casually raised the bid by 5,000,000 dors. Impressive!”


    “Hahaha, after all, she’s married to Mr. Preston. With the Preston Group backing her, it makes sense for her to be so generous!”


    “The question is, though, did Mr. Nuttall pay for this to impress her<b>, </b>or did Mrs. Preston buy it herself?”


    As the mockingments continued, Ondo’s face grew darker, and Reba felt increasingly uneasy. Where could she find 5,000,000 dors to make up for this mess?


    In the past, she might have sweet–talked Nathaniel into giving her the money, but now… if he found out what she’d done at the auction, who knew what would happen?


    Watching Reba’s shifting expression, Vrie raised an eyebrow and smiled. “N, look at Reba. She seems to be in a panic about that 5,000,000 dors.”


    Her tone was filled with gloating glee, clearly enjoying Reba’s predicament. Reba was out of her league trying to y games with her.


    N nced at Reba and then looked away indifferently. “Vrie, don’t do that again. Even if it feels


    good to get back at her, you’ve also made an enemy of Mr. Nuttall.”


    Ondo was practically glowering. While most of his anger was directed at Reba, he undoubtedly harbored some resentment toward Vrie as well.


    “It’s just the Nuttall Group. I don’t care about them. Even if he’s unhappy with me, there’s nothing he can do!” Vrie dismissed. N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content.


    The fact that Ondo was entangled with Reba, a married woman, already showed what kind of person he was. Vrie wasn’t worried about offending him.


    Seeing Vrie’s confident and carefree demeanor, N couldn’t help but smile and shake her head.


    She didn’t say anything else, trusting that Vrie knew what she was doing. It was just a jewelry set- nothing that should cause a major fallout with Ondo


    After that, Reba didn’t raise her paddle again. She kept her head down, lost in thought.


    As the auction neared its end, Reba got up and went to the restroom to call Nathaniel.


    When Nathaniel learned that she had spent 20,000,000 dors on an emerald jewelry set at the auction, he was so furious he nearly threw his phone.